Sol J Brager
@soljbrager.bsky.social
Author of HEAVYWEIGHT (William Morrow 2024). Historian, teacher, cartoonist. Mostly drawing comics, doing research. https://solomonbrager.com/
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Cartoonists pen a series of comics about ICE in their communities: "These personal stories matter. Small stories are how larger narratives are shaped." #iceoutcomics www.crucialcomix.com/comic/cartoo...
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Cartoonists pen a series of comics about ICE in their communities: "These personal stories matter. Small stories are how larger narratives are shaped." #iceoutcomics www.crucialcomix.com/comic/cartoo...
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Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
February 6, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them.
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti...
By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
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NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
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RWG: “Many people think if they just stay off the radar in some way, whatever way that is, that they will not be caught up by the trouble. And certainly Alberto Toscano’s book [Late Fascism] and other books show us again and again that there is no outside. And therefore there is no time to lose.”
In our latest, we speak with Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore about the rapid escalation of police forces and carceral logics on US streets and why abolition is the only way
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www.patreon.com/posts/149118...
The Anti-State State w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore and Craig Gilmore (01/26/26) | The Death Panel
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January 26, 2026 at 10:34 PM
RWG: “Many people think if they just stay off the radar in some way, whatever way that is, that they will not be caught up by the trouble. And certainly Alberto Toscano’s book [Late Fascism] and other books show us again and again that there is no outside. And therefore there is no time to lose.”
The homonationalism reeks. Does JVN live under a rock and not realize DC is literally occupied or are they just hot for fascism?
February 8, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The homonationalism reeks. Does JVN live under a rock and not realize DC is literally occupied or are they just hot for fascism?
No one keeps me humble like my mother.
February 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
No one keeps me humble like my mother.
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This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 5:42 AM
This document is one of the great political failures of our time. It must be immediately denounced by all people of good will. And it will be a major scandal if any "civil rights" organization gives cover to this capitulation to fascism.
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‼️Applications are open for the inaugural TJA Reporting Fellowship!
Seven fellows will receive:
💰$5000 stipend over six months to offset reporting costs
👍🏾Dedicated mentorship and reporting guidance
🎯Targeted professional development
Find out more info www.transjournalists.org/reporting-fe....
Seven fellows will receive:
💰$5000 stipend over six months to offset reporting costs
👍🏾Dedicated mentorship and reporting guidance
🎯Targeted professional development
Find out more info www.transjournalists.org/reporting-fe....
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 PM
‼️Applications are open for the inaugural TJA Reporting Fellowship!
Seven fellows will receive:
💰$5000 stipend over six months to offset reporting costs
👍🏾Dedicated mentorship and reporting guidance
🎯Targeted professional development
Find out more info www.transjournalists.org/reporting-fe....
Seven fellows will receive:
💰$5000 stipend over six months to offset reporting costs
👍🏾Dedicated mentorship and reporting guidance
🎯Targeted professional development
Find out more info www.transjournalists.org/reporting-fe....
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
I know we’re only a month in @mayor.nyc.gov but girl the buses.
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I know we’re only a month in @mayor.nyc.gov but girl the buses.
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Look at the photos. The thing I heard often working on the USAID Gaza response from our partners in Gaza was the field of dead bodies - men, women, children - that fanned out around IDF checkpoints in the Netzarim corridor. Shot by IDF soldiers for no reason (unless "for fun" counts as a reason).
U.S. Envoys Refused to Report "Apocalyptic" Conditions in Gaza. Exclusive Photos Show the Reality They Suppressed
The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem suppressed a February 2024 report on northern Gaza because it “lacked balance.” These photos from the UN fact finding trip are visual evidence of the conditions.
www.dropsitenews.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Look at the photos. The thing I heard often working on the USAID Gaza response from our partners in Gaza was the field of dead bodies - men, women, children - that fanned out around IDF checkpoints in the Netzarim corridor. Shot by IDF soldiers for no reason (unless "for fun" counts as a reason).
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404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for the Palantir-made tool called ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
February 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for the Palantir-made tool called ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Sketchbook when your beat is like gay porn and ACAB.
February 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Sketchbook when your beat is like gay porn and ACAB.
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Shhhhh... Don't let them know that comics are art.
February 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Shhhhh... Don't let them know that comics are art.
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“All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It’s like an ideal of racial purity.”
Enjoy some totally straight bro-on-bro wrestling set to a score by Brian Eno from “Sebastiane” for Derek Jarman's birthday.
Enjoy some totally straight bro-on-bro wrestling set to a score by Brian Eno from “Sebastiane” for Derek Jarman's birthday.
January 31, 2026 at 5:24 PM
“All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It’s like an ideal of racial purity.”
Enjoy some totally straight bro-on-bro wrestling set to a score by Brian Eno from “Sebastiane” for Derek Jarman's birthday.
Enjoy some totally straight bro-on-bro wrestling set to a score by Brian Eno from “Sebastiane” for Derek Jarman's birthday.
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Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Catherine O’Hara wardrobe polaroids from Second City, 1983. RIP an absolute legend & icon💔
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Goodnight to the brilliant and beloved Catherine O’Hara, whose presence brought so much joy to our screens. Here she is giving one of her scene-stealing performances as Gail, the Mister Softee vendor, in Martin Scorsese's AFTER HOURS (1985). ❤️
January 30, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Goodnight to the brilliant and beloved Catherine O’Hara, whose presence brought so much joy to our screens. Here she is giving one of her scene-stealing performances as Gail, the Mister Softee vendor, in Martin Scorsese's AFTER HOURS (1985). ❤️
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New from 404 Media: here is the user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE. A map shows people on a map; ICE clicks them, brings up their dossier. ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target. We obtained it, you can now read the document for yourself: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2026 at 2:51 PM
New from 404 Media: here is the user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE. A map shows people on a map; ICE clicks them, brings up their dossier. ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target. We obtained it, you can now read the document for yourself: www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
Re: actually having making comics being a staff job— I think about this a lot. This *43 panel* comic for Hyperallergic that I did interviews, did archival research, read academic articles and attended films for, wrote, edited, thumbnailed, penciled, inked (okay fancy penciled) and lettered… 1/2
January 29, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Re: actually having making comics being a staff job— I think about this a lot. This *43 panel* comic for Hyperallergic that I did interviews, did archival research, read academic articles and attended films for, wrote, edited, thumbnailed, penciled, inked (okay fancy penciled) and lettered… 1/2
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Imagine being a staff cartoonist. This used to be a real job! You, a cartoonist, as an employee.
January 29, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Imagine being a staff cartoonist. This used to be a real job! You, a cartoonist, as an employee.
Wait this is basically what I was asking about
January 29, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Wait this is basically what I was asking about
Has anyone written about gooner MAGA/fascist captioned gif porn as a subset of non-con fantasy this isn’t a joke I want to read the analysis.
January 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Has anyone written about gooner MAGA/fascist captioned gif porn as a subset of non-con fantasy this isn’t a joke I want to read the analysis.
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As calls grow to abolish ICE, Alec Karakatsanis warns activists not fall for “copaganda,” which “takes ordinary people who are outraged over what’s happening and converts them into supporting meaningless reforms that actually don’t reduce the size or power or budget of these bureaucracies.”
In Battle Over DHS Funding, Reforms Like Body Cameras Are a “Copaganda” Myth
Let’s focus on changes that will actually reduce the violence these agencies commit, says author Alec Karakatsanis.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:02 PM
As calls grow to abolish ICE, Alec Karakatsanis warns activists not fall for “copaganda,” which “takes ordinary people who are outraged over what’s happening and converts them into supporting meaningless reforms that actually don’t reduce the size or power or budget of these bureaucracies.”
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Perhaps one should not discuss breaking laws on a 100% public social media website that we know the federal government is aware of and monitoring.
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Perhaps one should not discuss breaking laws on a 100% public social media website that we know the federal government is aware of and monitoring.